The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
- Original title
- A Pál utcai fiúk
- Directed by
- Zoltán Fábri
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States, Hungary
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 62 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a story about a group of boys in Budapest who defend their empty lot from a rival gang. It focuses on their loyalty and a quiet boy named Erno Nemecsek who makes a sacrifice for his friends.
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What happens
The Boys of Paul Street (Hungarian: A Pál utcai fiúk) is a 1969 Hungarian-American drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and based on the 1906 young adult novel The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It features English-speaking (American and British) child actors (led by Anthony Kemp as Ernő Nemecsek) accompanied by Hungarians including Fábri's favorite actress Mari Törőcsik as Nemecsek's mother. The film is acclaimed as the best and most faithful adaptation of Molnár's source novel and a highlight of Hungarian film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Palm Sunday (1969)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.